Road markers tell visitors state history
Montana highway department adds rustic historical markers along 5,000 miles of scenic routes. 103 markers reflect Lewis and Clark routes, mountain ranges, Indian reservations, and old forts. Humor and local color boost tourism and unit pride, with many states requesting design plans.
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Montana Highway Department
Montana
Highway Department
Felows
West
Lewis and Clark
Missouri River Canyon
Lewis
Henry
Bannack
Henry Plummer
State Highway Department
Department
The Diner Standoff and a Stranger’s Help
Big Ed fends off a stickup at his diner and a wary girl helps him chase away the thief. She reveals a planned crime and a vow to reform while facing judgment about trust and risk.
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Big Ed
Lsten
Joe
Chicago
Bloomington
Niacin Named New B Vitamin and Pellagra Shield
Practical Health Hints explains niacin as a B group vitamin formerly called nicotinic acid and describes pellagra symptoms and widespread impact. It lists rich food sources such as milk bread eggs meat and vegetables and notes daily niacin needs around 12 to 23 milligrams with B vitamins acting together in a balanced diet.
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United States Food and Drug Administration
Ceiling on cost of play prompts price restraint
The Office of Price Administration asks sporting goods and hunting equipment makers to keep prices from rising above January 10 levels. OPA chief Leon Henderson emphasizes the continued need for affordable recreation gear as prices have remained stable.
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Office of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
OPA
Pattern 500 cuts in women's sizes with yardage details
Pattern 500 offers sizes 34 to 48. Size 36 requires 34 yards of 35 inch fabric and 5 percent yard contrast. Send fifteen cents plus one cent mailing to Newspaper Pattern Department ML N at 70 Fifth Avenue New York NY. Include size name address and style number in the order.
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Newspaper Pattern Department
ML N
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Cooking and cleaning tips from a homemaker guide
Soak eggs in cold water before washing to prevent sticking. Use peach syrup to thin mayonnaise. Do not place silverware on rubber mats to avoid tarnish. If sour milk is unavailable, sour it with vinegar or lemon juice to meet recipe needs.
Hopeful Note on Future Fuel Packaging Size
A fragment notes a forecast that fifty years hence a home winter fuel supply could fit in a container the size of a gumdrop, reducing the burden of fuel carry. It also mentions a medical claim that some goiter types yield about double the energy of a normal person.
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Christian Science Monitor
End of the Line on a Difficult Day
A narrator reflects on trust and disappointment as Big Ed contends with rough treatment and the idea of earning a reward through decency and hard work. He searches a counter and finds Billy’s money, hinting at a quiet moral conclusion.
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Big Ed
Billy
High School Week Committees Named At State College
Montana State College will host the 1942 high school week April 30 May 1 and 2 with joint student and faculty committees. Merrill R. Good is general chairman, James Travis and Vivian Tretsyen lead the general program, and multiple named members cover registration housing assemblies scholarships entertainment open house foods gymhana F F A events student help service and publicity.
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Montana State College
Merrill R. Good
James Travis
Sun River
Vivian Tretsyen
Bozeman
Owen Wirak
Butte
Elizabeth Ford
Helena
Lewis Thompson
Gladys Gaines
Merlin Fisk
Cut Bank
Yvonne Kalberg
Hardin
Frances Pickerick
Dillon
Thomas Balhiser
Drummond
Ed Chauner
Betty Anne Hanley
Lewistown
Open House
Mary Dahl
John Younglove
Stanford
Mildred Anderson
Deer Lodge
Mary Briggs
Thompson Falls
Charles Harnish
Lolo
Illiam Musselman
Great Falls
Athleen Heebner
Laurel
Dan Mizner
Max Stark
Stevensville
Blaine Hoffman
Patricia Flynn
Anaconda
Everett Shuey
Billings
Beth Mason
Ralph Gale
Ansconda
Leslie Cowan
Chinook
Eilleen
Olson
Myers
Jobs for Graduates In Spring Available
High school students graduating in May or June may enter merit examinations for junior clerk and junior stenographer posts. Melvin P. Martinson announced in Helena that stenographers are in demand and that required speeds are attainable by commercial students. Eligibility requires high school graduation by July 1 1942 or sufficient clerical experience to compensate for missing schooling. Junior stenographers must dictate at 80 wpm, transcribe at 25 wpm, and type from plain copy at 40 wpm.
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Melvin P. Martinson
Helena
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Urinalysis Laboratory
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Mystery Story
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Boote
Boote's Hatcheries, Inc
Worthington, Minn
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